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February 06, 2014

perspective.

Obviously I haven't been here in a while. Something happened in the fall of last year that hit me hard. A friend of mine passed away very suddenly, and unexpectedly. Shortly after she passed away, I wrote the following post. It has been sitting here since that time. I never hit publish. I kept coming back, rereading it. Her death knocked the wind out of me. I am not really sure what my hang up was and why I couldn't just hit publish. So today, after 5 months, I share this. The world lost a really great person last September.

A friend of mine passed away very unexpectadley last month. She was a work friend who had left our company last year, however, her and I managed to keep in touch. We were in similar life stages, she had her daughter a year and a half after I had Sidney. Two days before she passed away, she had given birth to her second child, a son.

This lady was an amazing light. Her and I swapped stories day after day at the lunch table in our work lunchroom. She was hilarious. She told amazing stories that were sometimes self-deprecating, making her genuine and authentic. She was modest. She was kind and thoughtful. She had an infectious laugh and a radiant smile, she embodied just about every quality I hope to have.

The news of her death has impacted me in a very unexpected way. In the past month and a half, she has been heavy on my mind. I have focused a lot of this energy on self reflection. On the relationships in my life. I have given thought to how I treat people, what my priorities are, what my focus should be. I have had deep thoughts about my relationship with God, my husband, our children.

I hope to be more like my friend Kristen. I want my friends to know how special I think they are. I want my family to know how deeply I love them. I am determined to make me the best person I can be.

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perspective.

Obviously I haven't been here in a while. Something happened in the fall of last year that hit me hard. A friend of mine passed away very suddenly, and unexpectedly. Shortly after she passed away, I wrote the following post. It has been sitting here since that time. I never hit publish. I kept coming back, rereading it. Her death knocked the wind out of me. I am not really sure what my hang up was and why I couldn't just hit publish. So today, after 5 months, I share this. The world lost a really great person last September.

A friend of mine passed away very unexpectadley last month. She was a work friend who had left our company last year, however, her and I managed to keep in touch. We were in similar life stages, she had her daughter a year and a half after I had Sidney. Two days before she passed away, she had given birth to her second child, a son.

This lady was an amazing light. Her and I swapped stories day after day at the lunch table in our work lunchroom. She was hilarious. She told amazing stories that were sometimes self-deprecating, making her genuine and authentic. She was modest. She was kind and thoughtful. She had an infectious laugh and a radiant smile, she embodied just about every quality I hope to have.

The news of her death has impacted me in a very unexpected way. In the past month and a half, she has been heavy on my mind. I have focused a lot of this energy on self reflection. On the relationships in my life. I have given thought to how I treat people, what my priorities are, what my focus should be. I have had deep thoughts about my relationship with God, my husband, our children.

I hope to be more like my friend Kristen. I want my friends to know how special I think they are. I want my family to know how deeply I love them. I am determined to make me the best person I can be.